Hidrive login6/20/2023 I could also bang on about the lack of ECC memory included/supported (again, CPU related), but that is another arguable enterprise demand. ![]() Whether this is another move to maintain that affordable pricepoint or related to continued memory shortages resulting in a similar price increase, I cannot put my finger on. ![]() Flash servers are notoriously memory hungry and I would have liked to see the 12 Bay arrive with 8GB minimum. The 4GB of memory that can be scaled up to 16GB on the 6-Bay FS6706T is quite reasonable, but I am a little surprised that the Flashstor 12 Pro FS6712T is ALSO the same 4GB. However, this would bump the price up significantly, require additional CPU cooling in place and ‘increase’ the system in pretty much every way – moving outside the bracket of user it is clearly aimed at. The counterargument of course is that they could/should use a bigger/better CPU. Now, this is approx a 1/3 of the potential performance that even average Gen3 NVMes are capable of. In both the 6-Bay and 12-Bay system, the M.2 NVMes are running on Gen 3×1 connections, which results in each bay having a cap of 1,000MB/s throughput. Still, despite it making this system quite a power efficient for a flash system and very affordable, there is clearly a resulting bottleneck in the m.2 NVMes. Indeed, the Intel N5105 has been the Lockerstor Gen 2 series (as well as many other NAS brand’s opting for this processor in their fully-featured/Prosumer tiers of desktop systems). This is not the first time we have seen this particular Intel Celeron CPU make it’s way inside other Asustor NAS. ![]() Intel Celeron N5105 Quad-Core 2.0GHz (burst up 2.90 GHz) Processor However, Asustor is clearly aiming this system at a lower tier of flash user, rather than a full-guns-blazing enterprise flash data center! Model There are certainly those that are going to be a little underwhelmed by the appearance of an Intel Celeron here, as opposed to a Xeon or Ryzen – as flash systems need a decent degree of horsepower to push those drives inside to their maximum throughput potential. *Yes, you can use Gen4 SSDs, but you will be downgraded to Gen3)Īsustor FLASHSTOR 6 and 12 Pro Hardware Specificationsįirst up, let’s discuss the Flashstor 6 and Flashstor 12 Pro hardware specifications, as there is definitely a mixed back of things here that will please sum and potentially annoy others! The general architecture of CPU, Memory and lanes afforded to those M.2 NVMe slots are largely the same (though I am a little surprised the 12 Bay Pro arrives with 4GB of memory, the same as the 6-Bay system). ![]() With a new chassis design built around a very different kind of internal storage media than usual, an internal hardware architecture that is a noticeable degree more affordable than many other flash server systems and a few key differences between the Flashstor 6 and Flashstor 12 Pro beyond just the drive bays, let’s take a closer look at a new kind of NAS solution! Now, an ‘ALL-SSD’ desktop NAS server is not new, however, a dedicated pre-built turn-key M.2 NVMe SSD-Only system really, really is (with only a couple of other examples that spring to mind before this). Whether it is because the potential performance benefits are way beyond the average punter’s requirements, that SSD storage still commands a high price tag or that the maximum storage potential of SSD NAND is still dwarfed by even domestic HDDs, However, 2023 is starting to see these barriers get broken down one by one and into this arena comes a new Asustor NAS that really does break the mold on what a desktop NAS can be or is possible to be! The Asustor Flashstor series comprises a 6 Bay and 12 Bay compact desktop NAS that supports up to 6/12x m.2 Gen3* NVMe SSDs, respectively. That said, one area of server storage that has still yet to genuinely see consumer or even relatively prosumer integration is desktop flash storage. The speed at which compact server development moves can be pretty groundbreaking, as hardware that even a 2-3 years ago though impossible/unthinkable, can suddenly become comparatively pedestrian. And there is now a HiDrive app to give you access from your smartphone: Simply sign in with your username and password – you can instantly open your photos, music, or documents directly on your HiDrive and email files from your smartphone.7.2 Related Asustor FLASHSTOR 6 and 12 Pro – ASUSTOR’s first all-M.2 SSD NAS HiDrive enables you to easily store all your files online, access them whenever you want, and share them with your friends – anywhere, any time.
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